Christopher Gable

CHRISTOPHER GABLE d1998. English ballet dancer choreographer and actor. He appeared in a number of television and film productions directed by Ken Russell. These included ; Song of Summer (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) for BBC television and the films Women in Love (1969) / The Music Lovers (1971) / The Boy Friend (1971) / The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and The Rainbow (1989). His other roles included (John) valet and friend of Prince Edward in the Cinderella film musical The Slipper and the Rose (1976) / the composer Peter Cornelius in Wagner (1983) / Mercury in the BBC television production of Orpheus in the Underworld (1983) / ambiguous villain Sharaz Jek in the Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani (1984) and Arthur Ainsley in the miniseries A Woman of Substance (1985)